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. >>> plus, we know the taliban are part of the problem in afghanistan. but could they also be part of the solution? how disaffected militants could be the key to any success of a u.s. strategy in that country. >>> plus -- >> the world. sets it apart from all the rest. >> a movie trailer for a wedding. and some other stories we found while we were supposed to be working. we're back after this. more wings ! no way he'll be in first thing tomorrow. only alka-seltzer relieves your upset stomach, heartburn, indigestion and headache... so you're good to go in the morning. you're late. alka-seltzer brings you back. it can go from a scratchy throat in the morning. to a cough. to a full body ache... at night. new tylenol cold rapid release gels day and night work fast too. they release medicine fast to relieve painful coughs, congestion and sore throats. so you can rest, day and night. feel better, tylenol cold. so you can rest, day and night. bull market or bear, traders are always hungry for ideas. trading's all about strategy. and strategy... is all about info
. >>> plus, we know the taliban are part of the problem in afghanistan. but could they also be part of the solution? how disaffected militants could be the key to any success of a u.s. strategy in that country. >>> plus -- >> the world. sets it apart from all the rest. >> a movie trailer for a wedding. and some other stories we found while we were supposed to be working. we're back after this. more wings ! no way he'll be in first thing tomorrow. only alka-seltzer...
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is it, as bob gates said, potentially going to divide al qaeda from the taliban and help us to succeed our goal, to achieve our goals there? >> i think, you know, what everybody's trying to figure out is exactly what it means before the relationship between the taliban and al qaeda because a lot of people say they already had a schism between the two, and this would just take it one step further. and for regular folks on the ground, there is a real concern that this is going to basically hasten and make even faster the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. and they wonder what that means in terms of life on the ground because there are a lot of people including a lot of women who had used the space to try to build schools, build businesses, all of that stuff, and they wonder whether that is going to end when the international community leaves. >> well, stand by for just a second, gayle, because i want to ask wes about the troop numbers. let's go to the p, wes. how many troops right now, and what would you project when the president talks about withdrawals if they really are going to be sub
is it, as bob gates said, potentially going to divide al qaeda from the taliban and help us to succeed our goal, to achieve our goals there? >> i think, you know, what everybody's trying to figure out is exactly what it means before the relationship between the taliban and al qaeda because a lot of people say they already had a schism between the two, and this would just take it one step further. and for regular folks on the ground, there is a real concern that this is going to basically...
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and the reason why it is so important to reverse the momentum of the taliban and prevent the taliban from taking over authority in afghanistan is because the taliban and al qaeda have been and remain symbiotic, even though they are separate entities, the taliban is like tissue, conducive tissue in which the cancer of al qaeda can thrive, because it is utterly supportive. in pakistan, where we also are working to reduce and eliminate the safe haven, you have now a government that is actively going after the extremists and actively trying to counter them. >> is -- in terms of what we're doing in afghanistan, and i understand that it's -- it's not -- fashionable sounds derogatory, but they are separate countries and our engagement with those two countries is very, very different. in terms of afghanistan, specifically, if there are only very limited elements of al qaeda there, if it is to prevent future safe havens for the taliban and thereby, eventually, for al qaeda in afghanistan, is this a bush doctrine war? is this a preventative war to stop the threat that doesn't exist today? >> n
and the reason why it is so important to reverse the momentum of the taliban and prevent the taliban from taking over authority in afghanistan is because the taliban and al qaeda have been and remain symbiotic, even though they are separate entities, the taliban is like tissue, conducive tissue in which the cancer of al qaeda can thrive, because it is utterly supportive. in pakistan, where we also are working to reduce and eliminate the safe haven, you have now a government that is actively...
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we stopped the advance of the taliban. and we have put that country in a place where we can get to a negotiated settlement so that -- and put urgency behind the afghan government to get there. because we could be there forever. what the president thinks is that we need to move this along at a fast enough pace so that we're not engaged in some endless combat. >> we have to leave it there. >>> the president will address gay and lesbian supporters in new york tonight. >>> and still ahead, "time" managing editor asks does the constitution still matter? twork. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. i have copd. it's the at&t network... if y
we stopped the advance of the taliban. and we have put that country in a place where we can get to a negotiated settlement so that -- and put urgency behind the afghan government to get there. because we could be there forever. what the president thinks is that we need to move this along at a fast enough pace so that we're not engaged in some endless combat. >> we have to leave it there. >>> the president will address gay and lesbian supporters in new york tonight. >>>...
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and taliban commander, that is this auj he not in carrying out this rain. also. that's what is contributing and driving the sense of war fatigue and war on ease. this agreement does lock these two nations together. essentially, we're engaged to be engaged all the way to 24. the trajectory of success or lack thereof winds to mere 48-hour assessment of this let me just show that. you're not going to. the. we've gotten involved in urinating in dead soldiers on the other side, or we is a the. what's to stop those instances from occurring on a nearly basis for the next ten years at every to light a den denominator, if you will, for a real. there was after. we're still on a pacific timeline. nn wub from a u.s. league to an afghan league in the so the footprint in the united states is going to be much smaller militarily, so let's go by the numbers. the types of forces we're going to have there are going to be counterterrorism, more of the elite group of folks, number one. and number two, you're just not going to see in -- hundreds of united states toorps overly. they've
and taliban commander, that is this auj he not in carrying out this rain. also. that's what is contributing and driving the sense of war fatigue and war on ease. this agreement does lock these two nations together. essentially, we're engaged to be engaged all the way to 24. the trajectory of success or lack thereof winds to mere 48-hour assessment of this let me just show that. you're not going to. the. we've gotten involved in urinating in dead soldiers on the other side, or we is a the....
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it took place near a meeting of elders trying to fight off the taliban in the area and set an ant anti-taliban militia. investigators are trying to comb through that rubble for more bodies. >>> rush limbaugh out of the hospital saying he did not have a heart attack and the tests show nothing wrong. the conservative talk show radio host was released from the honolulu hospital yesterday and admitted monday after suffering serious chest pains. limbaugh says doctors don't know what caused the pain. >> i wish i knew what it was. all people can do is make wild guess about it. best guess was it might have been a spasm in an artery. this angiogram showed literally no heart disease or arterial disease whatsoever. >> we'll have more what doctors are saying about limbaugh's condition in a live report from honolulu in a few minutes. >>> all across new england, preparations under way for heavy snowfall today. boston could get buried by up to 10 inches of snow. in portland, maine, snow removal crews plan to salt, sand and scrape their way through what's expected 15-18-inches of snow. bill karins has your fo
it took place near a meeting of elders trying to fight off the taliban in the area and set an ant anti-taliban militia. investigators are trying to comb through that rubble for more bodies. >>> rush limbaugh out of the hospital saying he did not have a heart attack and the tests show nothing wrong. the conservative talk show radio host was released from the honolulu hospital yesterday and admitted monday after suffering serious chest pains. limbaugh says doctors don't know what caused...
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the money for those trucks is being paid, believe it or not, to finance the taliban as a bribe for them not to shoot at us as we go through the khyber pass. you with me? yes, we're funding both sides of the war. they're back today after clashing riot police over the weekend. john yang is in chicago. we'll see what's outside before we turn our attention inside. john, what do you know that we don't? >> reporter: i tell you, dylan, the protests were pretty violent over the weekend, but today it's sort of a little gentler and calmer protests. a couple hundred people marched on the boeing headquarters here in downtown chicago, allowing them not only to protest the war, boeing being a defense contractor, but also marching for justice. they were saying boeing is one of the big companies that pays very little in federal taxes in the country. they also then went, after that little demonstration, they sat in front of the boeing headquarters, blocked the streets, and then broke off into other groups and marched over to president obama's election headquarters, reelection headquarters just a little
the money for those trucks is being paid, believe it or not, to finance the taliban as a bribe for them not to shoot at us as we go through the khyber pass. you with me? yes, we're funding both sides of the war. they're back today after clashing riot police over the weekend. john yang is in chicago. we'll see what's outside before we turn our attention inside. john, what do you know that we don't? >> reporter: i tell you, dylan, the protests were pretty violent over the weekend, but today...
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agreement with the taliban, specifically that the taliban renounce al qaeda and renounce violence in afghanistan and also operate under the rules of afghan law. the second report in "the wall street journal" relate and very interesting as well, contessa, says the report sent up to congress about pakistan and their cooperation with the fight on terrorism, this report says that pakistan is not engaged in some instances in military engagements in the tribal areas as regions of the country where these groups are known to operate and gibbs for his part, the reaction from the white house says it should with no surprise there are security challenges in that part of pakistan, in that part of the world. he's not knocketing down either story. >>> breaking news. two tornadoes touched down west of the city in nearby belmont this morning. at least seven e people were hurt. their injuries don't appear to be serious. the reports are extensive damage to homes here, include 15g houses with torn up roofs and smashed up windows. the red cross has set up shelters. apparently i-40 is closed right now. th
agreement with the taliban, specifically that the taliban renounce al qaeda and renounce violence in afghanistan and also operate under the rules of afghan law. the second report in "the wall street journal" relate and very interesting as well, contessa, says the report sent up to congress about pakistan and their cooperation with the fight on terrorism, this report says that pakistan is not engaged in some instances in military engagements in the tribal areas as regions of the...
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hopefully, they're not joining the taliban, but then to hear karzai's half brother say he might join the taliban has got to destabilize the situation in the most volatile section of afghanistan where we're considering right now, moving in a large part of our counterinsurgency strategy. we need a willing partner to succeed. that's on the top list of general mcchrystal's requirements. and i would hope that hamid karzai will reconsider these remarks and i agree this doesn't have to be aired in public, but he does need to crack down on corruption in his country and show his own country men that he represents them and will protect their security. >> have we backed the wrong horse here? >> hopefully, we are moving away from the leader centric policies of the last mrks. remember, our policy in pakistan was based on supporting musharraf. it should be based on support ing the people of those countries and their future security in a stable government. karzai was elected in a run-off after a very flawed election. i'm not going to blame that on nato, but nonetheless, we're going to have to work
hopefully, they're not joining the taliban, but then to hear karzai's half brother say he might join the taliban has got to destabilize the situation in the most volatile section of afghanistan where we're considering right now, moving in a large part of our counterinsurgency strategy. we need a willing partner to succeed. that's on the top list of general mcchrystal's requirements. and i would hope that hamid karzai will reconsider these remarks and i agree this doesn't have to be aired in...
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it is a taliban strong hold as is the area over the border inside pakistan. there are quite a few civilians on the base. when asked why -- how could something like this happen the answer is that we employee a large number of locals in the area who are afghans who are employed in various ways on the base. they are checked and rechecked but there is no way to guarantee that they are not part of the taliban, they are not sympathetic to the taliban so access is relatively easy. >> jack, one of the issues people in the region and you know very well, there is a certain dependency on locals to help you with mundane tasks. you can never be quite 100% certain of security with them even if they are helping for months at a time. possible that is the problem here? >> yes. in addition to locals we import laborç from other areas around from world. contract employees from as far away as indonesia, for example. we have found people on forward operating bases in afghanistan and iraq who have been sympathetic with taliban and al qaeda. most of them have been removed but ther
it is a taliban strong hold as is the area over the border inside pakistan. there are quite a few civilians on the base. when asked why -- how could something like this happen the answer is that we employee a large number of locals in the area who are afghans who are employed in various ways on the base. they are checked and rechecked but there is no way to guarantee that they are not part of the taliban, they are not sympathetic to the taliban so access is relatively easy. >> jack, one...
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the tribal areas are where the various factions of the taliban are headquartered as well as it's an al qaeda safe haven. so i think they want for intelligence activities. they are trying to reach out and touch the terrorists. the idea is that the more cell phone service there is in the tribal areas of pakistan, then presumably the mortal ban ae ta al qaeda could use cell phones, they could monitor those cell phones for intelligence information but also in some cases to track these guys and kill them with drones. there were cases, you know, one of the first people killed in afghanistan after 9/11 by a cia was a taliban leader who had a satellite phone. the sat phone had been put into circulation by the cia years earlier prior to 9/11 thinking they were able to track people. they were able to hone in and kill this taliban leader who was the first such attack with a drone right after 9/11. >> aren't we learning yemeni officials had concerns about sharing information about students in their country saying that this request was way too broad. and explain why the u.s. has so many concerns ab
the tribal areas are where the various factions of the taliban are headquartered as well as it's an al qaeda safe haven. so i think they want for intelligence activities. they are trying to reach out and touch the terrorists. the idea is that the more cell phone service there is in the tribal areas of pakistan, then presumably the mortal ban ae ta al qaeda could use cell phones, they could monitor those cell phones for intelligence information but also in some cases to track these guys and kill...
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and it may be that the pakistani taliban has these. mehsud has claimed credit for several of these. again, that's in character for extremists groups because the way they generate resources, get recruits, is indeed by successful, high-profile operations. used to seeing that as well with the al-qaeda on the arabian peninsula. >> but this would be the first time they have struck at the american home land through this suspect if it turns out this is the case. >> many of them would like to carry out operations elsewhere. it's part of their ideology in fact. >> for all of that success and our support to the pakistanis in these operations, have we stirred the hornet's nest and are we radicalizing others like this suspect in the times square case? is that one of the downsides of it? >> you have to look at it on balance. i think certainly, there will be groups that use what we do, where ever we do it and whatever we do, frankly, that will find some way to try to stir up emotions. we just have to be cognizant of it. >> in terms of pakistani like this man here who is a u.s. citizen, yet goes b
and it may be that the pakistani taliban has these. mehsud has claimed credit for several of these. again, that's in character for extremists groups because the way they generate resources, get recruits, is indeed by successful, high-profile operations. used to seeing that as well with the al-qaeda on the arabian peninsula. >> but this would be the first time they have struck at the american home land through this suspect if it turns out this is the case. >> many of them would like...
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our enemy grew, and our enemy used to be small, fragmented, disjointed, but now the taliban had become a brand name like the mujahedeen. so, you know, he's not a very popular guy in progressive circles, but don rumsfeld was the run who started thinking about much more nimble, high-flex, less manpower kind of operations. i think to some degree joe biden has been on that side. you're on the side of biden and rumsfeld versus some of the others that like large footprint operations. >> thanks a lot, steve, i really appreciate that. [ laughter ] >>> i want to go to you for the last question, evan. as far as the past, i'm with steve. i was in favor of going into afghanistan in the first place, but it's now a much different war, nearly ten years later. i'm not sure at this point that it's helping. let's talk about what we do in the future. yemen, a powerful escalade force in yemen, what do we do there? maybe it makes sense if it was a sit -- yemen was where they launched attacks against some of our planes recently. or do we go with the surgical strikes? >> there's no real easy answers. the ans
our enemy grew, and our enemy used to be small, fragmented, disjointed, but now the taliban had become a brand name like the mujahedeen. so, you know, he's not a very popular guy in progressive circles, but don rumsfeld was the run who started thinking about much more nimble, high-flex, less manpower kind of operations. i think to some degree joe biden has been on that side. you're on the side of biden and rumsfeld versus some of the others that like large footprint operations. >> thanks...
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one interesting thing, you now have al qaeda coming forward and taliban coming forward confirming that the navy s.e.a.l.s killed the leader in that compound. >> stephanie gosk, thank you. >>> more now on the reports that the pentagon may release new video from those seized from the hideaway. evan coleman is an nbc news terrorism analyst and joins me here on this set. 50 good morning to you. >> good morning. >> why release this potentially -- well, it could be inflammatory new video, anything with osama bin laden, given stephanie gosk's description right there, people and what you know about them, why release video at all? >> there's three primary reasons i think. first of all, the united states wants to show the world that osama bin laden really was in this compound. al qaeda may have issued a statement acknowledging this, the taliban may have issued a statement acknowledging this. let's face it, there are conspiracy theorists that won't believe any of this, will refuse to believe this. it gets harder and harder when you see the real evidence, especially video evidence, right? >> right
one interesting thing, you now have al qaeda coming forward and taliban coming forward confirming that the navy s.e.a.l.s killed the leader in that compound. >> stephanie gosk, thank you. >>> more now on the reports that the pentagon may release new video from those seized from the hideaway. evan coleman is an nbc news terrorism analyst and joins me here on this set. 50 good morning to you. >> good morning. >> why release this potentially -- well, it could be...
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a spokesperson for the taliban says the group's priority is to kidnap the prince. but if they cannot they will eliminate him. he began a four-month tour flying apache helicopters in afghanistan last week. u.s. officials handed over formal control of the prison to the afghan government. it's locat just outside of kabul holds thousands of taliban and other terror systems. the prison was all the site where hundreds of korans were burned by american forces triggers violent protests we witnessed. this prison transfer comes as the united states prepares to commemorate 9/11 and as the war in afghanistan is an issue in the presidential race. joining me now is evan coleman. we say it's an issue in the presidential race. actually, you know the headline out of the past two weeks. mitt romney did not mention afghanistan in his big speech. his people said he gave the speech the day before right before that. with that said, are you surprised we're not talking about afghanistan more as it relates to it? >> i'm not. it's politically unpopular. no candidate wants to get up and say,
a spokesperson for the taliban says the group's priority is to kidnap the prince. but if they cannot they will eliminate him. he began a four-month tour flying apache helicopters in afghanistan last week. u.s. officials handed over formal control of the prison to the afghan government. it's locat just outside of kabul holds thousands of taliban and other terror systems. the prison was all the site where hundreds of korans were burned by american forces triggers violent protests we witnessed....
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deeper into a taliban stronghold in southern afghanistan. today several gun battles have broken out as sniper attack u.s. and afghan troops. so far two coalition troops have been killed, an american and british soldier. twelve afghan civilians were killed yesterday. today nato commander, u.s. general stanley mcchrystal reaped his regret at the loss of civilian life. >> when president karzai approved the conduct of this operation he gave us specific guidance. that guidance was to continue to protected the people of afghanistan. so this operation has been done with that in mind. while this is an afghan-led operation, i think it highlights the special partnership we've developed this i'm proud of. >> nbc chief correspondent richard engel in london following the story for us. does it appear this is an operation that is achieving its goals, richard? >> reporter: it certainly has achieved one goal, which is pushing the vast majority of taliban fighters from this populated area. most of them left before this massive offensive began we spoke with ta
deeper into a taliban stronghold in southern afghanistan. today several gun battles have broken out as sniper attack u.s. and afghan troops. so far two coalition troops have been killed, an american and british soldier. twelve afghan civilians were killed yesterday. today nato commander, u.s. general stanley mcchrystal reaped his regret at the loss of civilian life. >> when president karzai approved the conduct of this operation he gave us specific guidance. that guidance was to continue...
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and also among the taliban i would say, there are divisions in the taliban between senior leaders who are perhaps more interested in negotiating for peace and the younger generation who are much more hard line. >> of course, while we focus so much on afghanistan, and that will be the focus of the nato meeting in the military sense, what american leaders, what the cia and the pentagon are both very excited about frankly is the progress they think they're making in yemen with the cooperation of leaders in yemen of the political leadership now that will president sol lay is out and they are picking off what they claim are the al qaeda and the arabian peninsula leaders. >> right, but these are covert wars that don't exist initially. this is the cia, not the pentagon. that is where a lot of the action is right now. there's a discussion now about whether the administration should be talking more openly about what everybody knows away. >> elizabeth bumiller, thank you very much. up next, the facebook payoff. the social network officially makes its public debut on wall street. plus, bono's ca
and also among the taliban i would say, there are divisions in the taliban between senior leaders who are perhaps more interested in negotiating for peace and the younger generation who are much more hard line. >> of course, while we focus so much on afghanistan, and that will be the focus of the nato meeting in the military sense, what american leaders, what the cia and the pentagon are both very excited about frankly is the progress they think they're making in yemen with the...
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. >> we discussed our progress in afghanistan, where we have broken the taliban momentum, trained afghan forces and now poised to turn a corner in our efforts. we'll begin reducing american forces this summer even as we join with germany and our allies in supporting afghans in their plaolitical and economic corner >>> the white house is looking for $3.2 billion in foreign aid for afghanistan in next year's budget. that amount, obviously will be reviewed very closely. >>> libyan leader is refusing to accept defeat as nato ramps up its air campaign over the country. libya says that at least 60 bomb s rained down. >> reporter: in broad daylight, nato unleashed its biggest barrage yet. rocked the uneasy calm here in the ripoli. among the target m oshgomoammar gadhafi's compound. state television was another target. state tv broadcast video of gadhafi meeting with tribal leaders. earlier in day, he phoned in angry, calling the libyan rebels bastards. we will not surrender to nato, he said, being a martyr is a million times better. nato has been intensifying its effort across libya, hoping to
. >> we discussed our progress in afghanistan, where we have broken the taliban momentum, trained afghan forces and now poised to turn a corner in our efforts. we'll begin reducing american forces this summer even as we join with germany and our allies in supporting afghans in their plaolitical and economic corner >>> the white house is looking for $3.2 billion in foreign aid for afghanistan in next year's budget. that amount, obviously will be reviewed very closely. >>>...
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the issue is the pakistani taliban is now strong enough they're carrying out revenge attacks. during a volleyball game somebody parked a truck full of explosives right onto the field and blew it up to try to warn people you cross us and this is exactly what's going to happen. the question is whether or not we can convince the majority of pakistanis this is the work of the taliban. as many times as they claim responsibility for these acts, as many times as they say we did this, we're not repentant about it, a lot of pakistanis would believe this is the work of the cia, the intelligence. that's the biggest problem is convincing them to fight for their own survival, really. >> evan kohlmann, thanks. >>> this weekend on "meet the press" david gregory will talk with national security adviser john brennan about the attempted bombing over new york and the review president obama has ordered. that is, of course, already under way. also on the show former security chairman michael chertoff and former cia director michael hayden. check your local listings for the time in your area for "m
the issue is the pakistani taliban is now strong enough they're carrying out revenge attacks. during a volleyball game somebody parked a truck full of explosives right onto the field and blew it up to try to warn people you cross us and this is exactly what's going to happen. the question is whether or not we can convince the majority of pakistanis this is the work of the taliban. as many times as they claim responsibility for these acts, as many times as they say we did this, we're not...
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sending intriguer pullers may be use fl to fight taliban. we also need to provide roads, bridge, water, hospitals, all of those things. the people of afghanistan, they want that, too. >> as far as the trigger pullers, we're supposed to eventually turn that over to afghan security forces. there was a pentagon report the other day that suggests the level of confidence and level of problems with they don't speak -- many are illiterate, many don't want to fight, suggests we're in deep problems over there just with that. >> we have a very serious problem, 92% illiteracy rate inside afghanistan. there's two organizations, afghan national army, ama, afghan national police. they are actually less competent than the army is. when you go out on patrols -- i was out on joint patrols in the streets in afghanistan. you would watch sort of their inability to do their job, their inability to show up on time when they were supposed to. many of them are not just illiterate, some are addicted to heroin, other issues. this is across the party but you put it in
sending intriguer pullers may be use fl to fight taliban. we also need to provide roads, bridge, water, hospitals, all of those things. the people of afghanistan, they want that, too. >> as far as the trigger pullers, we're supposed to eventually turn that over to afghan security forces. there was a pentagon report the other day that suggests the level of confidence and level of problems with they don't speak -- many are illiterate, many don't want to fight, suggests we're in deep...
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most of the prisoners were taliban fighters. it highlights the continuing weakness of afghan security in the south. we are live in london with the latest. this has been called a disaster for not just the afghan government, but for foreign forces who want to gradually withdraw from that country. >> reporter: absolutely, tamron. this is actually very frustrated to everyone involved because as you mentioned in about 2 1/2 months the u.s. wants to have a gradual withdrawal of troops from afghanistan, but this highlights the fact that the afghan security forces and the afghan government for that matter can't even handle securing a prison, a prison where we saw a jail break just in 2008 where 900 prisoners escaped. today we saw around 450 prisoners escaped. around 100 of them actually taliban commanders. and the question that remains is what's going to happen next? what's going to happen this summer and are they ready for a withdrawal of troops? when you talk to many people who know afghanistan, including some government officials, th
most of the prisoners were taliban fighters. it highlights the continuing weakness of afghan security in the south. we are live in london with the latest. this has been called a disaster for not just the afghan government, but for foreign forces who want to gradually withdraw from that country. >> reporter: absolutely, tamron. this is actually very frustrated to everyone involved because as you mentioned in about 2 1/2 months the u.s. wants to have a gradual withdrawal of troops from...
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the pakistani taliban claims it sent a double-crossing operative to bomb the u.s. base. according to a senior intelligence official, the u.s. had been courting the afghan bomber as an informant. nbc's jim maceda reporting from kabul, afghanistan, for us today. and jim, as i understand it, the pakistani taliban isn't the only group taking credit for this attack. what can you tell us? >> that's right, chris. not the only one. just the latest one. and it's becoming quite a confusing picture. there are competing claims now, probably for propaganda reasons, but again, they are creating a mess in terms of trying to sort out the identity of this bomber. the first one was what we're calling the cia version. that leaked first from -- former u.s. intelligence officials suggesting that the bomber was actually invited on to base, forward operating base chapman as part of a process of warming him up and turning him into an informant and to gain the trust and confidence of that potential informant, the standard security procedures, frisking, patdowns, heavily guarded gate were foregon
the pakistani taliban claims it sent a double-crossing operative to bomb the u.s. base. according to a senior intelligence official, the u.s. had been courting the afghan bomber as an informant. nbc's jim maceda reporting from kabul, afghanistan, for us today. and jim, as i understand it, the pakistani taliban isn't the only group taking credit for this attack. what can you tell us? >> that's right, chris. not the only one. just the latest one. and it's becoming quite a confusing picture....
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if the pakistani taliban wants to convince people not to fight back. >> and what is the yunited stats doing directly or indirectly even through pakistani authorities to try to support these local groups that are trying to do battle with the taliban? >> we're trying to give them money and we're trying to encourage the pakistani military and security forces to work with and support them. unfortunately, the problem is the pakistani military has gone in many times this the past several years and they don't seem to be winning against the pakistani taliban. even more disturbing, there seems to be a groundswell of sentiment among pakistanis that they don't believe that this is the taliban. as many times as the taliban says we did this, here is a video of us doing this, here is the suicide bomber. there are a lot of pakistanis who would believe this is the work of black water or the cia or the ma sad. and i understand they have anti-american sentiments. this is a matter of their own survival, a struggle for their own survival. if they don't understand and recognize this is the work of the pak
if the pakistani taliban wants to convince people not to fight back. >> and what is the yunited stats doing directly or indirectly even through pakistani authorities to try to support these local groups that are trying to do battle with the taliban? >> we're trying to give them money and we're trying to encourage the pakistani military and security forces to work with and support them. unfortunately, the problem is the pakistani military has gone in many times this the past several...
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what we have seen is this is growing within the taliban and they know what is going on. it is from people who speak english better than people i have met in england or america. they know how to use the internet and they follow these people. they have a website and posted the video. they are following everything that is going on and following the crowds. but enraging them enough to attack the foreign forces and workers. it is fascinating. this was a kuran burning that received in no coverage in this country. most of us didn't know what happens. and this is known as the fighting season, the season has changed there. how intense do you expect the battles to be? >> we expect it to be as bloody as the battle in 2010. but one positive sign is that less nato forces have been killed until march of 2011 and then we saw until march of 2010. >> all right it is good to have you here with us. thank you. >> we'll move to another trouble spot in libya. moammar gadhafi could be looking for another way out. >> jim meseda is there for us. so it is gadhafi's sons looking for a strategy? >>
what we have seen is this is growing within the taliban and they know what is going on. it is from people who speak english better than people i have met in england or america. they know how to use the internet and they follow these people. they have a website and posted the video. they are following everything that is going on and following the crowds. but enraging them enough to attack the foreign forces and workers. it is fascinating. this was a kuran burning that received in no coverage in...
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there's a big difference between al qaeda and the taliban. do you really think we are making -- i don't mean to press you here. but do you really believe we are making lasting gains against the taliban when we all know the second we leave, whether it's 2012 or 2022 the pashtun, whether they call themselves the taliban or something else, the same people that were fighting the alexander the great will be right back? >> no. but i'm glad you are pressing the issue, because it's important that we distinguish between al qaeda and the taliban. and that's -- and the part of the problem we've had thus far is there's been a slow roll back. this moving of the goal post as to what is our mission over there, what's the reason we are over there. >> it's getting rid of al qaeda. it's not getting rid of the taliban. >> that's right. it's getting rid of al qaeda. but the problem is what we have started to see is the longer distinguished mission about getting rid of the taliban and establishing a new government in afghanistan. that's the problem. militarily, w
there's a big difference between al qaeda and the taliban. do you really think we are making -- i don't mean to press you here. but do you really believe we are making lasting gains against the taliban when we all know the second we leave, whether it's 2012 or 2022 the pashtun, whether they call themselves the taliban or something else, the same people that were fighting the alexander the great will be right back? >> no. but i'm glad you are pressing the issue, because it's important that...
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we're talking about the story of a remarkable woman who managed to survive under taliban rule. talk to us about how one woman's struggle can really become emblematic for all women trying to fight for rights in afghanistan. >> that's right. and i think trying to fight for rights all around the world. i think her story was one young woman who was able to create a business during the taliban, that created jobs for about 100 women in her neighborhood. so during the years when they weren't even supposed to be on the streets they were bread winners. i think even under an oppressive regime like the taliban was, these girls managed to find a way to navigate around the rules and provide for people counting on them. i think it's a universal story relevant to what is going on in the middle east today. >> hillary clinton has made this a prime issue and created a huge office really to address women's problems. we've got women, representatives from the state department traveling around the world. yet it could all be rolled back. we're seeing increasing pressure for american withdrawal and ac
we're talking about the story of a remarkable woman who managed to survive under taliban rule. talk to us about how one woman's struggle can really become emblematic for all women trying to fight for rights in afghanistan. >> that's right. and i think trying to fight for rights all around the world. i think her story was one young woman who was able to create a business during the taliban, that created jobs for about 100 women in her neighborhood. so during the years when they weren't...
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the taliban still active, but we've been able to decapitate them one by one. there's been some progress here in pakistan, has there not? >> clearly there's progress. we are -- our resources are working closely with the pakistan government taking out the top people. that is good. there are still lots of bad people running around there, but without good leadership they're much less dangerous. >> yemen is now the biggest threat, the growing franchised al qaeda in the arabia peninsula group in yemen. the group that sent the christmas day bomber and the group that was influencing, of course, major hasan as well. what have we learned after all your briefings this week about the state of play in yemen? >> unfortunately, we could have learned a lot more from the underpants bomber if they had not mir randized him after talking to him only 15 minutes. they needed to question him with the full time to study up on other intelligence information available and get that information. now the administration says he's talking, but that's a real problem, too. >> you've written a
the taliban still active, but we've been able to decapitate them one by one. there's been some progress here in pakistan, has there not? >> clearly there's progress. we are -- our resources are working closely with the pakistan government taking out the top people. that is good. there are still lots of bad people running around there, but without good leadership they're much less dangerous. >> yemen is now the biggest threat, the growing franchised al qaeda in the arabia peninsula...
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taliban fighters struck the heart of kabul today, two suicide attacks and a car bomb. 16 people were killed, 38 more wounded. this is the second attack in the afghan capital in the last six weeks. >>> there is word this morning that more arrests may be coming related to that al qaeda plot to blow up a new york city subway train last fall. wnbc's jonathan dienst joins us with the latest. where was the arrest made? >> we don't know for sure. we believe it is in the pakistan/afghanistan border area. again, federal officials saying that this plot to blow up new york city's subways was going to be a suicide bombing plot with three new york men directly involved. those three new york men were in federal court yesterday and it was during that court hearing that the judge asked if there are going to be any more defendants in this case and prosecutors answered yes, there are al qaeda leaders from overseas who are correctly involved in orchestrating and running this alleged plot to bomb the new york city subways and that at least one if not several of those men will be sent back to new york, q
taliban fighters struck the heart of kabul today, two suicide attacks and a car bomb. 16 people were killed, 38 more wounded. this is the second attack in the afghan capital in the last six weeks. >>> there is word this morning that more arrests may be coming related to that al qaeda plot to blow up a new york city subway train last fall. wnbc's jonathan dienst joins us with the latest. where was the arrest made? >> we don't know for sure. we believe it is in the...
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he was able to defeat the taliban and drive them out. but it was almost as if the bush administration thought, okay, our job is done, the northern alliance is done and they can be trusted to run everything from here on out. >> the bigger problem and the higher motivation was the fact that they really wanted to siphon off assets and attack saddam hussein in iraq. that left absolutely nothing, almost nothing in afghanistan. and whether hamid karzai or the northern alliance would ever be capable of running afghanistan, i think many people doubt it, in the best of times. we still were not able to exploit success. we'll have been there almost a decade and we have absolutely nothing to show for it. while it would have been relatively easy to carry on and keep the taliban out by empowering local leaders in afghanistan, it's now much more difficult, going to take a lot more resources and a lot more time and i'm not convinced that the american public has the stomach for it. >> jack, as far as just military strategy, as we look back at this past d
he was able to defeat the taliban and drive them out. but it was almost as if the bush administration thought, okay, our job is done, the northern alliance is done and they can be trusted to run everything from here on out. >> the bigger problem and the higher motivation was the fact that they really wanted to siphon off assets and attack saddam hussein in iraq. that left absolutely nothing, almost nothing in afghanistan. and whether hamid karzai or the northern alliance would ever be...
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the taliban leader. he's being described as the most significant taliban leader to be detained since the war began eight years ago. they think this is the biggest fish they've ever got in afghanistan. his influence among taliban leader is considered only to mullah mohammad omar. he's believed to have been close to bin laden before 9/11. both pakistani and american intelligence officials are taking part in the sbler interrogation. "the new york times" reporting that a joint american/pakistani intelligence operation has captured the taliban's top military commander. we will be assessing and reporting on this news in coming days. stay with us on this one. we'll be right back. rogaine? i'm just a skeptic so i don't necessarily believe that anything is going to work but i was like, hey, this actually works. (announcer) only rogaine foam is shown to regrow hair in 85% of guys. i'll check it out and i'm like, nice. (announcer) rogain foam. stop losing. start gaining. >>> for months we here at "the rachel maddow
the taliban leader. he's being described as the most significant taliban leader to be detained since the war began eight years ago. they think this is the biggest fish they've ever got in afghanistan. his influence among taliban leader is considered only to mullah mohammad omar. he's believed to have been close to bin laden before 9/11. both pakistani and american intelligence officials are taking part in the sbler interrogation. "the new york times" reporting that a joint...
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but according to a taliban spokesperson, he says that, in fact, 14 of his men attacked a base. he said three were able to leave with their lives. 11 of them died fighting. he also claims that they were able to destroy a jet and three helicopters, a plane that an isap spokesperson laughed off and said no way were the taliban that successful. but we should note that this same air base was attacked twice in the last six months. alex. >> okay. as far as that main attack, do we know how close to the base or how much they permeated any land on that nato base before things got disrupted? >> absolutely. we're getting some come flikting information at the moment, but what we do know is that they were able to make it at least into the airport. it's not clear whether they were able to make it into the vivian side of the airport or the isap side of the airport. but no matter what, there are perimeters as well as nato forces are in that area and the outer perimeter is usually guarded by the afghan police and the afghan army. some reports state that these potential suicide attackers were wea
but according to a taliban spokesperson, he says that, in fact, 14 of his men attacked a base. he said three were able to leave with their lives. 11 of them died fighting. he also claims that they were able to destroy a jet and three helicopters, a plane that an isap spokesperson laughed off and said no way were the taliban that successful. but we should note that this same air base was attacked twice in the last six months. alex. >> okay. as far as that main attack, do we know how close...
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i think the taliban pays something like 300 or $250 a month. and the afghan army pays about $50 less. so in a country where money talks, that different shal is making a big difference. >> let me ask you quickly, what does this mean for reversing the afghan troop surge in 2011? >> well, the 2011 deadline, i think is probably more has been made of that than probably will really happen. what obama has said he'll begin the withdraw of some u.s. troops in afghanistan in 2011, but the extent of that withdrawal will depend on conditions on the ground. if things are not going well, i would imagine that u.s. troops won't be pulling out as quickly as some people have anticipated. >> jonathan broeder, thanks so much. >> it is 56 minutes after the hour. milissa reburger will pick up coverage. the cell phone application that will help illegal immigrants sneak through the border. next on msnbc. that was delivered fast! it's not delivery and we'd like it back. did you order one too? can i have my pizza please? you've reached greg and doug... that's not yours.
i think the taliban pays something like 300 or $250 a month. and the afghan army pays about $50 less. so in a country where money talks, that different shal is making a big difference. >> let me ask you quickly, what does this mean for reversing the afghan troop surge in 2011? >> well, the 2011 deadline, i think is probably more has been made of that than probably will really happen. what obama has said he'll begin the withdraw of some u.s. troops in afghanistan in 2011, but the...
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the taliban's top military commander has been captured. dexter filkins and mark mazzetti of the "new york times" report a secret joint operation by pakistani and american forces captured him several days ago in karachi. he's an afghan named mullah abdul ghani baradar. "new york times" describing him as the most significant taliban figure to be detained since the war began eight years ago. they think this is the biggest fish they've ever got in afghanistan. his influence among taliban leaders is considered only second to muhammad omar. believed to have been close to osama bin laden before 9/11. he's reportedly been in pakistani custody several days. both pakistan and american intelligence officials are taking part in the interrogation. again, this is a big headline. "new york times" reporting that a joint american/pakistani intelligence operation has captured the taliban's top military commander. we will be assessing and reporting on this news in coming days. stay with us on this one. introducing fast crystal packs. a new way from alka-selt
the taliban's top military commander has been captured. dexter filkins and mark mazzetti of the "new york times" report a secret joint operation by pakistani and american forces captured him several days ago in karachi. he's an afghan named mullah abdul ghani baradar. "new york times" describing him as the most significant taliban figure to be detained since the war began eight years ago. they think this is the biggest fish they've ever got in afghanistan. his influence...
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conway warned the taliban, what are they going to say when we are still hammering for some time after that. at one point general conway even appeared to hint that the july 2011 deadline was a political statement more than anything because he said when the president said that he was talking to several different audiences. but what went unnoticed, i think, was general conway's claim that the biggest challenge to the u.s. is the training of afghan forces to take over their own security, but the illiteracy rate, 90%, will cause the united states some -- we were told earlier by a senior military official that afghan security forces can't even read the serial numbers on their own weapons. i asked a senior official here in the pentagon, what can the u.s. do about that? they say, in conjunction with the military training, their actually going to have to start to teach them how to read and write. and no one really knows how long that will take to get the afghan security forces up to speed. >> wow, that takes the idea of nation building to a whole knotter level. jim at the pentagon for us, a lo
conway warned the taliban, what are they going to say when we are still hammering for some time after that. at one point general conway even appeared to hint that the july 2011 deadline was a political statement more than anything because he said when the president said that he was talking to several different audiences. but what went unnoticed, i think, was general conway's claim that the biggest challenge to the u.s. is the training of afghan forces to take over their own security, but the...
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the fact they're together would suggest the pakistani taliban claim of responsibility in the -- in the actual incident. al balawi speaking in arabic at one point in that 90-second video, says the true jihadist will never bargain or sell out his religion. perhaps mockingly suggesting that he never was flipped by either the jordanian or u.s. intelligence agencies as had been suggested in some previous reports. he also goes on to say in that video that one must never forget, quote, our amir or commander baitullah mehsoud, the other mehsoud, the former leader of the pakistani taliban who was killed in a cia run air strike in waziristan last august. alex? >> now, jim, i understand that human abu al balawi's father is selling people that is his son in the video and he's blaming the u.s. for his son's death? >> reporter: absolutely. just hours after the first posthumous video came out, reuters released video of the father, khalil al balawi, lives in the eastern part of iman, confirming the person on the video, the taliban video, though we never see him actually looking at it, was indeed his f
the fact they're together would suggest the pakistani taliban claim of responsibility in the -- in the actual incident. al balawi speaking in arabic at one point in that 90-second video, says the true jihadist will never bargain or sell out his religion. perhaps mockingly suggesting that he never was flipped by either the jordanian or u.s. intelligence agencies as had been suggested in some previous reports. he also goes on to say in that video that one must never forget, quote, our amir or...
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the taliban are pashtun. the fact is the taliban are going to make inroads in afghanistan. i don't think they're going to control the entire country. the north is -- but they are going to have foot holds and that's reality. that's inevitable. and what we have to do is try to negotiate. >> quickly before we go to a break, joe go ahead. >> i just want to say one other thing, though, pat, you talk about the taliban taking over afghanistan. the fact of the matter is, we have got to distinguish, as a country, between the taliban and al qaeda. >> well, i -- >> the taliban doesn't wand to blow up buildings in new york, the taliban doesn't want to kill politicians in washington, d.c., the taliban doesn't want to destroy the united states of america. they want their country back. >> i agree 100% with that. but we've got to look in the face of what's going to happen. the algerian civil war ended. what happened to the harkies who fought on the side of the fence is going to happen to all our friends who fought on our side. >> so what do we do? do we stay there for another decade? do we
the taliban are pashtun. the fact is the taliban are going to make inroads in afghanistan. i don't think they're going to control the entire country. the north is -- but they are going to have foot holds and that's reality. that's inevitable. and what we have to do is try to negotiate. >> quickly before we go to a break, joe go ahead. >> i just want to say one other thing, though, pat, you talk about the taliban taking over afghanistan. the fact of the matter is, we have got to...
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bush, about 25% of targets were al qaeda leaders. 40% were taliban targets. under president obama, those numbers are 8% and 50%. an unnamed pakistani militant told a "new york times" reporter in 2010, i think this quote is kind of amazing, it seems they really want to kill everyone, not just the leaders. even osama bin laden toward the end of his life was increasingly concerned about drone attacks decimating his rank and file. in a 2010 memo, he advised his men, to, quote, leave the pakistani tribal regions where the drone strikes have been overwhelmingly concentrated. that brings us back to libya. today, commercial airspace in benghazi was shut down as drone aircraft flew over the city. a libyan official told "reuters," two american drones flew over benghazi last night with knowledge of the libyan authorities. they were visible to the eye and came under attack by anti-aircraft weapon used by armed militias. this is the form of president obama's resolve. it's a resolve the american government can and should kill those it believes to be its enemies and it's ta
bush, about 25% of targets were al qaeda leaders. 40% were taliban targets. under president obama, those numbers are 8% and 50%. an unnamed pakistani militant told a "new york times" reporter in 2010, i think this quote is kind of amazing, it seems they really want to kill everyone, not just the leaders. even osama bin laden toward the end of his life was increasingly concerned about drone attacks decimating his rank and file. in a 2010 memo, he advised his men, to, quote, leave the...
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he claims to have acted alone, there are reports he may have received bombmaking training from the taliban. congressman charlie dent, republican from pennsylvania, is joining us. the senator from connecticut, joe lieberman at noon today, introducing the terrorist expatriation act and congressman dent is also a member of the homeland security committee. thank you for joining us, congressman. you introduced something similar to this a week before this even happened. i want to get from you a better understanding, there's some confusion right now, this would essentially take away the citizenship from people who are convicted of working with terror groups? what exactly would it do? >> well, first, yes. it's true, peter. thank you for having me. i introduced legislation last week essentially allowing the state department to issue a certificate of loss of nationality against individuals like mr. alawi operating out of yemen. to be clear, under current law, if an individual takes up arms against this country, an american citizen, as part of "foreign army, say the germans during world war ii or the
he claims to have acted alone, there are reports he may have received bombmaking training from the taliban. congressman charlie dent, republican from pennsylvania, is joining us. the senator from connecticut, joe lieberman at noon today, introducing the terrorist expatriation act and congressman dent is also a member of the homeland security committee. thank you for joining us, congressman. you introduced something similar to this a week before this even happened. i want to get from you a...
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i think the army and the government is doing their maximum to fight al qaeda and the taliban. and i am not really privy to the tactical details of the operations, but at the strategic level, i do understand the army and government towards defeating the taliban is certainly there. >> two questions for you now. one is, do you take it as a snub, to use a gentleman's term, a snub, that the united states, our president, is visiting your neighboring country, india, while not visiting your country? >> i would take it as a disappointment, yes, indeed. because of two reasons. i think, first of all, one does understand that visiting india is a bilateral issue between the united states and india and one wouldn't be overly indocentric in approach, but our condition as a pakistani, and certainly pakistan is an important player in the region. it is in the front role, fighting terrorism, is a strategic partner towards fighting al qaeda and fighting al qaeda and taliban towards eradication of terrorism. so this not visiting pakistan and then also, another important iss issue, kashmir. we ough
i think the army and the government is doing their maximum to fight al qaeda and the taliban. and i am not really privy to the tactical details of the operations, but at the strategic level, i do understand the army and government towards defeating the taliban is certainly there. >> two questions for you now. one is, do you take it as a snub, to use a gentleman's term, a snub, that the united states, our president, is visiting your neighboring country, india, while not visiting your...
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we have the problem of the afghan taliban and foreign fighters. the good news is over the past year we've scored impressive gains against foreign quifighte al qaeda. we've damaged their infrastructure. we've taken out of a lot of their senior citizenship and their funds. as long as the afghan taliban are in charge in southern afghanistan there will continue to be a sanctuary and foreign fighters will try to go there and join al qaeda. we have to be careful here that we don't withdrawal prematurely. if we do, al qaeda will simply regroup and rearm itself and, once again, they're going to try to strike at the ice. what we know now is that despite all pressure that we're putting on al qaeda in afghanistan, that they are still plotting to try to attack the continental united states. so it is a continuing threat. >> "new york times" reported that militant organizations along the afghan/pakistan border are starting to band together, starting to join forces and coordinate attacks and raids and even sending out patrols. could that give the enemy the upper
we have the problem of the afghan taliban and foreign fighters. the good news is over the past year we've scored impressive gains against foreign quifighte al qaeda. we've damaged their infrastructure. we've taken out of a lot of their senior citizenship and their funds. as long as the afghan taliban are in charge in southern afghanistan there will continue to be a sanctuary and foreign fighters will try to go there and join al qaeda. we have to be careful here that we don't withdrawal...
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and the taliban was driven from power in about three months from the september 11th attacks by just 400 or so mostly cia operatives. largely covert war that caught the billion dollars lost one cia agent in that, one cia officer in that conflict. then long afterwards the united states shifted focus to iraq. it was a much more falsely endeavor, had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. that had an impact on the military and impact on the original war in afghanistan and those two wars are still ongoing. u.s. troops are leaving iraq at the end of this year. but u.s. troops remain in afghanistan. just in the last 24 hours there was a major attack, a big truck bomb. >> 80 americans injured. >> several tons of explosives blew up on this truck bomb in eastern afghanistan. >> hard to believe, richard, we talk about the scars that are still visible this is still a construction site. and the after effects continue around the world even as we have this conversation. our chief foreign correspondent richard engle, thank you. happy to have you here today. again, to the other prong in this and that
and the taliban was driven from power in about three months from the september 11th attacks by just 400 or so mostly cia operatives. largely covert war that caught the billion dollars lost one cia agent in that, one cia officer in that conflict. then long afterwards the united states shifted focus to iraq. it was a much more falsely endeavor, had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. that had an impact on the military and impact on the original war in afghanistan and those two wars are still...
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at the end of the day, it will be the people of afghanistan and their military who will defeat the taliban and not u.s. troops we have to continue our commitment to helping the afghan military, but i think with a $1.5 trillion deficit, spending 100 billion on the war in afghanistan a year, now is the time to accelerate the departure of our troops. what we are doing to a significant degree is nation-building. i would prefer to rebuild the united states of america and our energy system rather than afghanistan. i believe we can make significant cuts and bring our troops home sooner than the president is talking about. >> you know the argument without helping them at this critical juncture, we could see a severe return to the problems that we saw in afghanistan. the first place with lots of concerns about the threat to our national security. robert gates is in afghanistan saying goodbye to the troops. let me play for you a little bit of what he said. >> if it were up to me, i would leave the shooters to last. nobody wants to give up the gains or give our allies the excuse to run for the exits.
at the end of the day, it will be the people of afghanistan and their military who will defeat the taliban and not u.s. troops we have to continue our commitment to helping the afghan military, but i think with a $1.5 trillion deficit, spending 100 billion on the war in afghanistan a year, now is the time to accelerate the departure of our troops. what we are doing to a significant degree is nation-building. i would prefer to rebuild the united states of america and our energy system rather...
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they believe you have to keep the pressure on the taliban in order to bring them to the negotiating table to have political reconciliation. which everyone believes is necessary for the future stability of afghanistan. when gates first arrived yesterday in afghan stan, he talked about the idea of reconciliation. he said perhaps toward the end of this year, if they had been successful, nato forces and afghan forces, holding on to territory and expanding on security there, perhaps toward the end of the year, they could have a successful opening with respect to the taliban, or at least be in a position to say we've turned a corner in afghanistan. these are some of the calculations going into the decision. that's ult may mately going to be a recommendation from david petraeus. gates' trip comes ahead of the monday monthly meeting that the president is going to be having with national security team on afghanistan and pakistan. we can expect all of these issues and the questions to come up, alex. >> athena, i want to ask you to comment on this. i want to get the latest disa pointing jobs numbers
they believe you have to keep the pressure on the taliban in order to bring them to the negotiating table to have political reconciliation. which everyone believes is necessary for the future stability of afghanistan. when gates first arrived yesterday in afghan stan, he talked about the idea of reconciliation. he said perhaps toward the end of this year, if they had been successful, nato forces and afghan forces, holding on to territory and expanding on security there, perhaps toward the end...
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the explosion happened right near a meeting of elders who had set up an anti-taliban militia. pakistan's minister is vowing to abolish taliban trying to deflate the country. >>> rush limbaugh's heart tests so she did not have a heart attack and show nothing wrong. the conservative radio talk show host was released from the hospital after being admitted wednesday from suffering severe chest pains. doctors say they don't know what caused his pain. >> i wish i knew what it was. all people can do is make wild guesses about it. best guess was it might have been a spasm in an artery, but this angiogram showed literally know heart disease or arterial disease whatsoever. >> limbaugh is expected to return to his radio hosting duties this wednesday. >>> some brand-new tee tadetail on what could be a serious snowstorm for new england states and the plunge in temperature as cross the plains and midwest. nbc meteorologist bill karins has your forecast. obviously one of the problems here is a lot of people still traveling for the holiday, bill. >> yeah. cold is annoying but the snow and the
the explosion happened right near a meeting of elders who had set up an anti-taliban militia. pakistan's minister is vowing to abolish taliban trying to deflate the country. >>> rush limbaugh's heart tests so she did not have a heart attack and show nothing wrong. the conservative radio talk show host was released from the hospital after being admitted wednesday from suffering severe chest pains. doctors say they don't know what caused his pain. >> i wish i knew what it was. all...
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given who the taliban are. the idea you can concoct the power sharing scheme goes adpans the threads of history. it's something we ought to have learned from these things. >> joe. >> i have to say, howard dean, let me go to you. the governor that had to deal with budget concerns. david gregory was talking of putting it in its proper complex. this summer, over the next month, the big challenge is raising the debt limit. everything is going to be on the tablg. i think it's going ob an intention value so this is costing us $3 billion, $4 billion a week. how is the president going to defend the fact his speech last night doesn't save money and we are basically stuck spending that much money at least until the end of next year? >> well, i think the generals would tell you, if a president decided to withdrawal everybody today, it would take nine to 12 months to get everybody out of there. i supported the president until three months ago. i changed my mind. i gave up on karzai as a reasonable leader and partner. the f
given who the taliban are. the idea you can concoct the power sharing scheme goes adpans the threads of history. it's something we ought to have learned from these things. >> joe. >> i have to say, howard dean, let me go to you. the governor that had to deal with budget concerns. david gregory was talking of putting it in its proper complex. this summer, over the next month, the big challenge is raising the debt limit. everything is going to be on the tablg. i think it's going ob an...
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because osama bin laden supported the taliban in afghanistan. it was bin laden supporting them. he propped them up. he funded them. out of his considerable fortune for years. and yes, they did provide him protection in return. but the real sponsor that built osama bin laden into the terrorist god father he became, the thing other than his own skills and his own money that built his power and provided him a haven from retribution, that was pakistan. that was our great ally, pakistan. last weekend the head of pakistan's army proclaimed don't worry, he had broken the back of terrorism. while he stood one mile apray from osama bin laden's bedroom. our great ally. joining us now live from benghazi in labia is nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel. richard, thanks very much for joining us. i appreciate it. >> reporter: it's my pleasure, of course. it's a very windy evening. so, you'll excuse the wind, but it is an incredible development that has been happening. i think you're right. it has always been about pakistan. and yet u.s. troops went and fought in iraq. and that in it
because osama bin laden supported the taliban in afghanistan. it was bin laden supporting them. he propped them up. he funded them. out of his considerable fortune for years. and yes, they did provide him protection in return. but the real sponsor that built osama bin laden into the terrorist god father he became, the thing other than his own skills and his own money that built his power and provided him a haven from retribution, that was pakistan. that was our great ally, pakistan. last...
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still, washington needs pakistan to step up military efforts against taliban and al qaeda militants who launch attacks on american troops and nato troops in neighboring afghanistan before scurrying back across the border. >>> still ahead on "way too early," lebron james tweets his delight as he watches his former cleveland team lose by 55 last night. >>> the kings' 140 character manifesto on karma is ahead. >>> plus, ted williams, the man who exploded into the celebrity world last week, after he and his voice were discovered by the side of an ohio interstate, gets himself into a little trouble in hollywood. ♪ >>> life is a struggle here and at 80% poverty rate on a good day, on a so-called normal day. for this disaster to hit one of the poorest nations in the world is almost perverse. and people are arriving as part of a relief effort are bracing for what they may see. when i was 16, i was hired as a cashier at the walmart in marinette, wisconsin. that first job launched my career. since i've been with the company, i've been promoted ten times over the span of 11 years. today, i'm a d
still, washington needs pakistan to step up military efforts against taliban and al qaeda militants who launch attacks on american troops and nato troops in neighboring afghanistan before scurrying back across the border. >>> still ahead on "way too early," lebron james tweets his delight as he watches his former cleveland team lose by 55 last night. >>> the kings' 140 character manifesto on karma is ahead. >>> plus, ted williams, the man who exploded into...